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Leslie Baird, Associate Professor, CQUniversity Australia

We’ve tried and failed to Close the Gap for 15 years. Research shows what actually works

Every year, we hear the same story about addressing Indigenous disadvantage. Closing the Gap targets remain unmet, incarceration and suicide rates continue to rise, and children are removed from families at alarming rates.

Despite these persistent failures, governments continue to fund programs that don’t work.

But for nearly three decades, a program has quietly delivered measurable change in communities too often overlooked by policymakers.

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